NASA’s most glorious decade was…

People often assume the 1960s were NASA’s greatest decade, but I would argue, especially after the entry of Voyager 1 into interstellar space, that the space agency accomplished significantly more during the 1970s.

First clear picture from the surface of Mars, taken by Viking 1 in 1976. (NASA)

While America was mired in the Vietnam War, gas lines, hippie culture and more, here’s everything your space agency did during the decade:

Flew five Apollo missions to the moon, including the dramatic, successful rescue of the Apollo 13 crew